Another world is possible - USSF
Those who do not move, do not notice their chains. - Rosa Luxemburg
Well-behaved women seldom make history. - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Your silence will not protect you. - Audre Lourde
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. - Thomas Jefferson
If the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. - George Washington
It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the positive affirmation of peace. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
...to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day. - Theodore Roosevelt
If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." - James Madison
War settles nothing - Dwight D. Eisenhower
All warfare is based on deception - Sun Tzu
All wars are fought for money - Socrates
Force always attracts men of low morality - Albert Einstein
All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it. - Alexis de Tocqueville
We may never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion - Dwight D. Eisenhower
It takes more courage to get out of a war than it does to get into one. - Mark Couturier
Democracy is not an incident that happens overnight, nor a gift America can give the world. It is a culture which needs peace to evolve. - Shirin Ebadi
To announce that there be no criticism of the president ... is morally treasonable to the American public. That we are to stand by the president, right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but morally treasonable to the American Public. - Theodore Roosevelt
The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure. - Lyndon B. Johnson
People who will be attending the US Social Forum in Atlanta, Georgia, this summer from June 27th through July 1st.
Another World Is Possible! It's more than Arts & Culture, it's Community, Activism, and Progressive Thought in action. The US Social Forum will take place in Atlanta, June 27th through July 1st this year.
The US Social Forum (USSF) is more than a conference, more than a networking opportunity, more than a reaction to war and repression. The USSF will provide space to build relationships, learn from each other's experiences, share our analysis of the problems our communities face, and bring renewed insight and inspiration. It will help develop leadership and develop consciousness, vision, and strategy needed to realize a better world.
The USSF sends a message to other peoples' movements around the world that there is an active movement in the US working hard to change US Policies at home and abroad for the better.
We must declare what we want our world to look like and begin planning the path to get there. A global movement is rising. The USSF is our opportunity to demonstrate to the world that Another World is Possible! Go to www.ussf2007.org for more details.
Why is the USSF important?
The United States Social Forum comes at a significant time in US history. The US military is bogged down in the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan as public support for these invasions erodes. The disaster of hurricane Katrina and the failure of the federal government to respond have illuminated extreme poverty in the US and the race and class divisions in this country. The USSF will provide a process to build a powerful movement in this country based on the organized voices and experiences of those from the grassroots most affected by US and global injustices.
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The people who struggle for freedom, peace, justice, and equality.